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Pietermaritzburg World Cup Round 1 Downhill Finals
The finals of the World Cup round 1 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has been run and won in what can only be described as a brutal, bizzare and strangely enjoyable track to watch as a spectator, for the simple fact that i didn't have to pedal a 17kg downhill bike on a flat and at times uphill section of track for a full minute!!!!..There were some competitors who got to the bottom and spewed, some got off there bikes and with wobbling legs looked like they had been in a boxing ring and had been knocked out!!..it was that brutal!
Pietermaritzburg Downhill Qualifying!
Qualifying for round 1 of the world cup in Pietermaritzburg has been run and won, none other than Australia's own Mick Hannah has qualified 1st, on a track that has a pedalling section that is flat and uphill which goes for app: 1 minute, the big legged strong pedallers were always going to figure strongly in the top 10!
!st-Mick Hannah
2nd-Greg Minnaar
3rd-Julian Cammelinni
4th-Cedric Gracia
5th-Gee Atherton
6th-Fabian Barel
7th-Aron Gwin
8th-Sam Hill
9th-Duncan Riffle
10th-Andrew Neethling
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15th-Bryn Atkinson
24th-Troy Brosnan*(junior)
Jared Graves is King of Pietermaritzburg!
Australia's very own Jared Graves has taken out the first round of the 4X world cup in South Africa, Pietermaritzburg.
Once again he is showing why he is probably one of the best riders in the world, after taking out the dual slalom and downhill at sea otter in the US and A last week!
apropos of nothing ....riding in Nowra
Well I was around Jervis Bay on the weekend and took the SS down in hope of finding somewhere to ride. Stumbled upon the SCUM website, the South Coast United Mountainbikers Inc. and few of their tracks in the forest. In the middle of the family time I got 3 hrs free and hit up the Coondoo trail.
Riding over easter weekend
Guys
Just wondering if anyone is home over the easter weekend and looking to ride in the mountains.
We discussed possibly doing a ride at 3 single track locations in one day starting further up the mountains and progressing down to each location finishing with a BBQ or something at Glenbrook.
As there are 5 days this weekend I was also thinking of doing one from Glenbrook shops and doing Mount Portal and a few other sections of the Glenbrook National Park that would take around 3 hours.
If anyone is onterested in either post up and we can get organised.
Vince
Possible location for single track in the Mountains
The Echo came out today and on the front an article about the Lawson golf course sporting grounds proposal, it's gaining steam and a suggestion that it may suit mountain biking. This might suit WSMTBC for an alternate location for racing. I have not been up to the golf course for a while but from memory it would suit a Blue Gum Lodge track style of layout. Just putting it out there..
Stephen
Oxford Falls GoPro for you guys :)
Heya All,
Geez, I have to say since moving back to the big smoke, I'm really missing the diversity of XC trails I was getting used to up there.
In the meantime though, I've been out on the big bike 2 or 3 times a week, and scored a GoPro Wide* just over a week ago.
Here's some footage from today. Although I'm missing decent XC riding (Manly Dam does NOT count as a decent trail... 
), the DH'ing & FR'ing is pretty good down here.
Enjoy!
Catch you all soon for another ride!
Gub.
Looking for interest in GHS/ Grotto night ride!
Any body interested in a Grose Head / Grotto / Bees Nest / Grose Head friday night ride, after going for a couple of rides on this loop, we have found it most enjoyable, you have the technical single track that keeps getting harder( read Fun ), then a nice warming climb to then head down a wicked steep, loose descent that also has a very steep rock drop on it, you end up dropping into the fernery/ rainforest of the grotto that is magical and fun to ride, then a fast scoot along the blue gum forest floor at speed, then to be abruptly be awoken with the bees nest climb( &*^%# ), then after exor
Andos's Emergency?
Just had a police rescue and ambulance head down towards QVH - hope it's not one of us MTB'ers.
Clean Up Australia Day
Well there are a lot of places to go to in the mountains for a cleanup, but do we want to organise a more BMORC specific one at a location we know to be bad yet frequented more by cyclists rather than walkers.
http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/
There isn't one currently in Knapsack Park, we could do that?